"I can teach you the Fire Control Skill!" Zhang Hao blinked.
"Really?" Gao Xinyu looked at Zhang Hao excitedly.
"Of course, it's truer than pearls!" Zhang Hao imitated Gao Xinyu's words and blinked playfully.
"Then teach me quickly! As long as I can become Grandpa Xifeng's apprentice, I'll do anything you ask?" Gao Xinyu said to Zhang Hao hastily.
Zhang Hao looked at Gao Xinyu with a smile and said, "Stop giving empty promises. You should fulfill the promise you just made! Give me a kiss! Do you want to kiss the left cheek or the right cheek? Or perhaps..."
"You... you're really a hooligan..." Gao Xinyu's small face was flushed.
Zhang Hao, however, smiled shamelessly, "If a man isn't a hooligan, he's wasted his youth!"
"Then close your eyes!"
"Why does every woman have this request?"
Zhang Hao was very depressed.
Gao Xinyu's forehead creased into three lines. She looked at Zhang Hao and snorted coldly, "How many women have kissed you?"
Zhang Hao chuckled and said, "Not many, just dozens or hundreds! You don't know! In my hometown, I'm known as the kind who 'a branch of pear blossoms presses down on crabapples'..."
Gao Xinyu was speechless. She had seen narcissistic people, but never one this narcissistic.
"Do you still want it? If not, forget it." Gao Xinyu was annoyed.
"Want... Of course I want it. Not wanting it would make me a bastard." Zhang Hao chuckled.
Zhang Hao closed his eyes and felt a fragrant breeze assault his nostrils.
Opening his eyes, the beauty retreated a few steps like a startled deer, her pretty face flushed and extremely shy.
Gao Xinyu felt as if she was still dreaming. She was one of the Three Great Beauties of Tianwu Academy, and she never expected her first kiss to be gone just like that.
"Can you help me now?"
Gao Xinyu still looked at Zhang Hao with some annoyance. That was her first kiss; she had originally thought the one who took it would be a peerless hero, but unexpectedly, it was this annoying guy in front of her.
"I'll teach you a skill. As long as you master this skill, you can easily control fire." Zhang Hao smiled mysteriously at Gao Xinyu.
"That easy?" Gao Xinyu was half-believing, half-doubting.
"This is called the Five Elements Fire Control Skill. It's a type of fire control technique that's easy to learn but difficult to master. It'll be enough for you until you reach the King-rank Alchemist level." Zhang Hao said casually to Gao Xinyu.
Next, Zhang Hao taught the Five Elements Fire Control Skill to Gao Xinyu.
Although Zhang Hao's Alchemy was so simple it was outrageous, he only needed to silently recite the word 'Alchemy' towards the pill cauldron, without needing fire control, merging, or condensing pills.
But his Alchemist rank was a genuine Seven-rank, and he possessed all the abilities of a Seven-rank Alchemist on the True Martial Continent. If Zhang Hao needed to perform Alchemy like some ordinary Alchemists on the True Martial Continent, it wasn't impossible for him, but for Zhang Hao, there was no need for such trouble.
This Five Elements Fire Control Skill could be said to be one type of fire control technique from the memory in his brain as a Seven-rank Alchemist. It was at least a Earth-tier skill.
Under Zhang Hao's careful guidance, Gao Xinyu, being an intelligent girl, quickly learned it.
"Try again." Zhang Hao folded his arms and smiled at Gao Xinyu.
Although Gao Xinyu was still a bit nervous, encouraged by Zhang Hao, she began to attempt fire control. After the flame changed from treasure color to purple. Gao Xinyu began to use the Five Elements Fire Control Technique. Control the fire.
Gao Xinyu cast dozens of hand seals, and the originally somewhat violent flame became docile at this moment.
"Success!" Gao Xinyu was very excited.
"Calm your mind and qi!" Zhang Hao shouted.
Gao Xinyu immediately put away her smile and focused on controlling the fire. After half an hour, the alchemical fire remained at the purple flame level, with no change.
Gao Xinyu extinguished the alchemical fire, grabbed Zhang Hao's arm, and said excitedly, "Zhang Hao, I finally succeeded, I finally succeeded."
"Yes, you succeeded, but you were too careless just now. Do you know why you always failed to control the fire before?" Zhang Hao said solemnly, looking at Gao Xinyu.
"Why?" Gao Xinyu asked.
"Because you can't control your own emotions. Alchemical fire, like people, has joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. If you can't even control your own heart, how can you control the alchemical fire?" Zhang Hao said earnestly, looking at Gao Xinyu.
Rarely did Gao Xinyu not retort. Her expression showed thoughtfulness. She murmured, "First control my own heart, then control the alchemical fire?"
Zhang Hao was also extremely happy seeing Gao Xinyu's thoughtful expression. He said lightly, "It's good that you can understand."
Three hours later, Elder Xifeng walked in from outside.
"Xinyu, what have you decided? If you cannot meet my requirements, even with my Senior Brother's relationship, I will not agree to you." Elder Xifeng's words conveyed firmness and pride.
That's right, the pride of a Six-rank Alchemist.
In the Northern Region, the most top-tier are Seven-rank Alchemists, but Seven-rank Alchemists are only found within the Ten Great Sects of the Northern Region. Even within the Ten Great Sects, Seven-rank Alchemists are extremely scarce. They are all revered like ancestors. Their status is even more transcendent than the Sect Leader, after all, there are many people who can be Sect Leaders, but there is only one who can perform Alchemy, and Alchemists are related to the strength of a Sect.
As for Six-rank Alchemists, even Tianba Academy and Changfeng Academy among the Three Great Academies don't have them.
"Grandpa Xifeng, I still want to give it a try." A confident smile appeared on Gao Xinyu's face.
Elder Xifeng looked at Gao Xinyu with a slight surprise. When did this girl become so confident? You must know, she had failed at fire control no less than ten times.
"Xinyu, Grandpa Xifeng can give you one chance, but you must agree to one condition." Elder Xifeng said solemnly, looking at Gao Xinyu.
Gao Xinyu nodded.
"If you fail this time, you are not allowed to bother your Grandpa Xifeng again in the future. You should focus on cultivating the martial path; the martial path is the path you should take." Elder Xifeng said, looking at Gao Xinyu.
"Okay, Xinyu agrees." Gao Xinyu smiled with certainty.
Elder Xifeng was a bit puzzled. When did this girl become so easy to talk to? However, he was still very pleased that Gao Xinyu agreed to him. As long as Gao Xinyu failed this time, she wouldn't bother him anymore in the future. His ears could also be much quieter.
Gao Xinyu came before the pill cauldron. She used hand seals to ignite the alchemical fire. Her technique was very skilled. All the way, she raised the alchemical fire from white flame to purple flame, the process was very smooth, without any pauses.
Elder Xifeng saw this and nodded slightly. This girl wasn't without talent in Alchemy, but her fire control was too poor. An Alchemist, no matter how good their talent in other areas, cannot qualify as an Alchemist if their fire control isn't up to par.
However, every time, Gao Xinyu couldn't control the purple flame for more than half an hour. The purple flame is the second level form of fire. A qualified Alchemist needs to control the purple flame for at least half an hour. Gao Xinyu's highest record was only half an incense stick's time, which was far from meeting Elder Xifeng's requirements.